When Will 24/7 Produce a Good, Competitive Fight?

**savorduhflavor** · 10-13-2011, 10:22 PM

Yea Pac-Cotto was the closest, but that was only competitive for the first 6 rounds after that it was a total wipeout.

Cotto-Margs 2 will be competitive and entertaining no doubt. And naturally, there will only be two episodes for that fight.

**The Gambler1981** · 10-13-2011, 10:34 PM

That really is pretty sad that those are clearly the closest fights and those weren't close fights at all.

A lot of hype and not a lot of substance, hopefully it produces a good fight soon or people will really tune it out that is if they haven't already.

Even if Cotto-Margarito is competitive and most likely action packed that is not a really meaningful fight currently, I can understand the meaning to Cotto and wanting to avenge that beat down and certain fan groups but really it has no meaning to me and I am about as hardcore as they come.

It has been a really shitty period for big time fights, hopefully that trend ends soon.

**Reloaded** · 10-13-2011, 10:54 PM

Originally posted by PED User

The closest have been Pacquiao-Cotto and Mayweather-Hatton. But Pacquiao-Cotto was still pretty one-sided despite being entertaining, with Cotto looking mentally beaten and in survival mode from the 6th round on. Mayweather-Hatton had its moments, a great electric atmosphere, but much of it was ugly. Hatton was doing little of the landing and eating most of the clean shots.

The rest:

Mayweather-De La Hoya: not much action
Pacquiao-De La Hoya: one sided massacre
Pacquiao-Hatton: short massacre
Calzaghe-Jones: One sided after the first couple rounds
Mayweather-Marquez: one sided
Pacquiao-Margarito: horrific beatdown, Margarito landed some good shots but calling the fight "competitive" is a real stretch.
Mayweather-Mosley: Mosley won about 1 minute of the fight
Mayweaher-Ortiz: disappointing ending, wasn't all that competitive anyway
despite the attempts of Jim Lampley to convince us otherwise.

Cotto-Margarito might be the first fight to be competitive and have good action.

Well 24/7 sold you because you expected the hype ,,,

Thats what the fights are about , if you want competitive fights you will find lots of them in the 6 to 10 round bracket , with these big fights its as much about the emotion and build up as the battle , even when the really big fights turn out a lack luster event the build up etc is a real buzz ,for me if I get a great fight terrific , if not I dont mind anyway , the guys in these superfights are top shelf technicians in their own right and their own style , watching them work is worth it .

**tesla_power** · 10-13-2011, 11:03 PM

Originally posted by savorduhflavor

Yea Pac-Cotto was the closest, but that was only competitive for the first 6 rounds after that it was a total wipeout.

Cotto-Margs 2 will be competitive and entertaining no doubt. And naturally, there will only be two episodes for that fight.

Is the 2 episodes confirmed? Damn, I would have liked more. Anyhow, considering that they only did a countdown on Cotto-Marg 1, this is step up somewhat.

**Thread Stealer** · 10-13-2011, 11:18 PM

Originally posted by Reloaded

Well 24/7 sold you because you expected the hype ,,,

Thats what the fights are about , if you want competitive fights you will find lots of them in the 6 to 10 round bracket , with these big fights its as much about the emotion and build up as the battle , even when the really big fights turn out a lack luster event the build up etc is a real buzz ,for me if I get a great fight terrific , if not I dont mind anyway , the guys in these superfights are top shelf technicians in their own right and their own style , watching them work is worth it .

Only ones I really expected to be good and competitive were Pacquiao vs. Cotto and Hatton (my god was I off here).

It would be nice though to get a good, competitive fight on a big scale. Especially since this type of show tends to attract casual fans.

**Heeb** · 10-13-2011, 11:52 PM

The biggest events rarely live up to the hype unfortunately. Although, some of those fights weren't even good in theory. Just names that could be sold.

**Thread Stealer** · 11-24-2011, 01:34 AM

Looks like we finally got one.

Hopefully Cotto-Margarito 2 will follow suit.

**LoadedWraps** · 11-24-2011, 01:39 AM

What does this topic even mean? 24/7 doesn't produce fights, they hype fights, and they do a good job of it. I love ALL 24/7's, except the hockey one.
If the fight doesn't live up to expectations it isn't 24/7's fault.

**JOM'S** · 11-24-2011, 02:25 AM

why you left out pacquiao-cotto and paquiao-marquez, both competitive fights?!?

Margarito-Cotto also promises competitivenes as seen during their first fight ...

When Will 24/7 Produce a Good, Competitive Fight?